Operation of a Materials Recovery Facility

Contract for the operation of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), to be let by Ceredigion County Council.
This Contract Notice advertises a contract to collect recyclable materials from three transfer stations in Ceredigion, transporting to a materials recovery facility for sorting, separation, bulking and recycling or sending to reprocessors.

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Contact point(s): The Invitation to Tender will be published electronically. Please see VI.3 additional information below

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Contact point(s): The Invitation to Tender will be published electronically. Please see VI.3 additional information below

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Operation of a Materials Recovery Facility.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 16: Sewage and refuse disposal services; sanitation and similar services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Ceredigion.
NUTS code UKL1

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Contract for the operation of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), to be let by Ceredigion County Council.
This Contract Notice advertises a contract to collect recyclable materials from three transfer stations in Ceredigion, transporting to a materials recovery facility for sorting, separation, bulking and recycling or sending to reprocessors.
It is envisaged that this will be a medium-term contract for the operation of the materials recovery facility which will handle and treat recycling materials. The operation will include, but not be limited to, collecting, transporting, handling, sorting, bulking into containers, transportation to destinations and final disposal of the residual element.
The estimated tonnage to be handled on behalf of Ceredigion County Council is around 6 000 tonnes per annum.
Community Benefits apply to this contract, Further details: Please refer to Invitation to Tender.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

90510000, 90500000, 90513000, 90530000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: The proposed contract is up to 60 months in duration with a possible extension of up to a further 24 months.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

AM0368

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

14.1.2013 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

Suppliers’ Instructions How To Express Interest In This Tender.
1. Register your company on the eTenderwales portal (this is only required once)
— Browse to the esourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk,

— Click the “Click here to register” link,
— Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue&quot,
— Enter your correct business and user details,
— Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete,
— You will shortly recieve an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest and submit a tender
— Login to the portal with the username/password,
— Click the “Open Access ITT’s” Link (These are Invitation to Tenders open to any registered supplier),
— Click on the relevant ITT to access the content (itt_37361, ‘Operation of a Materials Recovery Facility’),
— Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page,
— This will move the ITT into your “My ITT’s” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box.
3. Responding to the tender
— You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting),
— You can now use the “Messages” function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,
— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT,
— There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available),
— If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution helpdesk is available Mon – Fri (8am – 6pm) on:
— Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk,

— Phone: +44 8003684850.
Buy4Wales Reference Number: 32832.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained